Improvement im wagons



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IMPROVEMENT iN wAGoNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 16L302, dated March223, 1875; application filed November 21, 1871.

To all whom it muy concern:

Beit known thatI, THOMAS Y. VAN CLnAvE, of Gornersville, iu the countyof Marshall and in the State of Tennessee, have invented certain new anduseful Improvemen ts in Vehicles, and do herebydecl are that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in a new mode of ironing offvehicles without the use of taps, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which-Figure l is a front elevation of a vehicle embodying my invention. Fig.2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the saine, and Figs. 3 to 9 aredetached views of parts thereof.

A represents the front axle of a vehicle upon which are the shaft-cuffsB B, each of said cuff's being hinged to the front end of a bar, C, andcarried over the axle and set at right angles at a on the side oppositeto the hinge, where it is fastened to the rear end of the bar (l by abolt, b, as shown in Fig. 3. A d, of rubber is placed between the part aof the cuff B and the rear end of the bar C, the bolt b passing throughthe rubber-piece and screwing into the bar G. D represents the lower,and D the upper, part of the fifthwheel. The upper part D is fastened tothe head-block E by means of two bolts, while the lower part-D has oneach side two perpendicular bars, G G', which extend downward on eachside of the front axle A. The lower end of the front bar G is hinged toa cross-bar, H, which extends under the axle, and the lower end al ofthe bar Gr is bent outward, and a bolt, b1, passes through said end andscrews into the end of the bar H. The fifthwheel cuff thus constructedis fully shown in Fig. 9. The coupling-cuff I may be made in one or twopieces, the lower front ends. being hinged to bottom cross-bars J, andtheir rear ends bent at a2, as shown in Fig. 7, and fastened by bolts b2to the said cross-bars. On

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this cuff I may be formed an oil-cup, f, or this oil-cup may be madesolid to a plate, h, and let into the axle and held firmly to its placeby the cuff, there being a hole cut through the top thereof' in thecenter. The two bars, J, are connected by a bar, K, through the centerof which passes a pin, la, and this pin passes also through a hole inthe perch-brace L. Rubber i is placed around the pin lc above and belowthe brace, when the cuff is made fast, thereby preventing any rattlingnoise made by the brace. M represents the ordinary perch-pole, along theunder side of which is the iron N having a small nut, n, formed on itsunder side at the front end. This nut fits into the tumbler or oil-cupf, and serves as a coupling-pin. A bolt, m, passes through the centercuif and top bar of perch, through the spring head-block E, and throughthe nut n and screws into a small hole in the bottom of the tumbler oroil-cup f. This bolt when screwed up simply serves to holds the partstogether, and not as a coupling-pin. It also stops the hole in thebottom of the tumbler, and makes a perfect oil-cup. The iron N along theunder side of the perch-pole M has at each end a loop, 0, hinged to it,which loops pass over the front and back springs, and then run along thetop of the perch-pole a suflcient distance, when they are bolted throughinto a small nut, o, made solid to the under perchiron N, and therebypreventing any pulling apart of the front and back axles. Between theends of these top perch-irons are two other bolts, p, which are bolted,through the perchpole, into nuts formed on the under perch-iron, P P arethe axle-stays fastened to the axles by hinged cuffs R, the under partof the cuff passing' on to its proper place at the perch M, where theone on one side has nuts r made solid to its side with threads cut inthem, while bolts s pass through the one on the other side directlyopposite into the nuts, thus making the axle-stays perfectly fast. S Sare the spring-cuffs, which are hinged, and pass over the spring andaxle, or spring and spring-bar, and fasten upon the principle asdescribed in the shaft-cuff. T represents the bed-irons, which arefastened to the bed U by bolts t passing through the side rails of thebed into nuts e, which are made solid with the bed-iron. The outer endsof these irons come out a proper distance from the bed, and then form aloop, w, which passes over the spring-bar V. A short bar, x, is thenhinged to the loop, and brought along under the spring-bar to thebed-iron, as shown in Fig. 6, where it is made fast by means of a bolt,y, another bolt, z, passing immediately through the spring-bar, as shownin Fig. 6.

I-Iavin g thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The shaft-cuff B, hinged to the bar C, and fastened by means of thebent end a, bolt b, and rubber d, all combined as and for the purposesset forth.

2. A Vehicle-cuff made in two pieces, and hinged together and fastenedby a bolt passing through the bent end of the top part, and screwed intothe end of the bottom part, all combined as set forth.

3. The lower part D of the fifth-wheel, provided with the bars G G, inoomblnation with the hinged bar H and bolt b1, as and for the purposesset forth.

4. The combination of the coupling-cuff1 I, oil-cup f, perch-iron N,with nut n, and the fastening-bolt m, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

5. The combination of the coupling-cuff I, hinged bars J J, cross-bar K,perch-brace L, pin lo, and rubber fi, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

6. The perch-iron N, provided with hinged loops O O, in combination withthe front and back springs, perch-pole M, bolts p, and nuts o made solidin the perch-iron, all as and for the purposes set forth.

7. The combination of the axle-stays P P, secured to the rear axle bythe hinged cuffs It R, perch-pole M, bolts s, and nuts r made solid inone of the stays, as and for the purposes set forth.

S. The combination, with the bed U and spring-bar V, of the bed-irons Tformed with loops w, the hinged bars and bolts y z, all substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this3d day of November, 1874.'

T. Y. VAN CLEAVE.

Witnesses:

J. D. GoUPLAND, G. M. JoNEs.

